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82 comments on The Four Day Work Week: Sixteen Reasons Why This Might Be an Idea Whose Time Has Come

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Wharf Rat on September 20, 2007 - 10:58am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Wimps. No wonder America is going down the tubes.

Try 5x12 hours at night.

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new account on September 20, 2007 - 11:01am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top



Go for the Gusto!


7x12 hours. Three weeks on, three weeks off.

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damac on September 20, 2007 - 1:19pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

7x12 hours. Three weeks on, three weeks off.

The only guys I knew who did that worked in the marine industry out on the ships. That you?

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new account on September 20, 2007 - 2:12pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top



In a prior life I worked marine SAR and this was 7x12, two on, two off. It was a great schedule for a young person and I sometimes kick myself for leaving it. But the government kept cutting the budget. A floating combo firetruck, ambulance, and towtruck was one thing; a floating hearse was something else again.


The standard rotation in the offshore industry is 7x12 3 on, 3 off. My "rotation" was phone call at 0200, call up a helicopter and out to the rig until whenever.

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what the curtains on September 20, 2007 - 1:01pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I did that packaging granola bars 7pm to 7am. Good times.

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phineas gage on September 20, 2007 - 3:32pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

As a resident physician I regularly worked 36 to 38 hour shifts and 100 to 110 hours per week. Often I would get at least a couple hours of sleep but I recall having twelve 36+ hour shifts (in the ICU or CCU) where I did not even see the call room let alone get any sleep. This was every 4th night call. So work schedule was 36 hours on/ 12 off/ 12 on /12 off/ 12 on / 12 off/ 36 on. It did cut down on the commute a little I suppose bc/ every 4th day you just skipped one trip home and back. And to think the lives of very sick people on life support were in my weary hands!

When I was in med school, the surgery program there had an ICU rotation for the interns where they were on call every other night so it was basically 38 hours on/ 10 off/ 38 hour on... Most of these people were from out of town and had family come into town to live at their apt. or hired people to take care of their affairs for the month.

Now residencies theoretically limit hours to no more than 80 per week and not more than 30 hours straight.

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